AchArya Hrhdayam 155- Sixth Ten-Introduction

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AchArya Hrdhayam

sUthram 224

The Sixth Ten -Introduction

AzhwAr practising what he had preached- The Lord as the means

 

In the fifth ten Lord's immense Grace was highlighted by swAmi

nam-AzhwAr. Due to this Grace Lord becomes approachable by one and

all and is subject of surrender by them. AzhwAr who had no other

refuge, had the divine feet of the Lord as given out by the Lord

Almighty. However, the Lord did not show Himself in person which made

AzhwAr to send emissaries. Still the Lord did not show His vision

forthwith. AzhwAr became very frustrated and angry and turned his

countenance the other way akin to a 'thalaivi' being temporarily

indifferent (vUdal-praNaya rOsham) towards her ' thalaivan'.The Lord

removed this indifference by showing His greatness, strength .

AzhwAr, who was not able to cherish the tenth thiru voi mozhi in the

fifth ten=being piRandhavARum= which talks about the deeds of the

Lord, as AzhwAr melted on contemplating them, enjoyed thoroughly the

deeds which are narrated in the thiru voi mozhi "kuravai Achiyar"

6-4.

 

While surrendering, AzhwAr withered off the unwanted things (mAlukku vaiyam aLandha maNALaRku-6-6).

The Lord blessed one and all with His divine feet when He measured all the worlds.

AzhwAr completely surrendered himslef to this "Lord with the divine

consort" exhibiting the first sentence of dhvyam, in the

'thirumalai' dhivya dhEsam. ( agala killEan iRaiyum enRu ---6-10-10)

 

Thus, AzhwAr who had counselled, advised and preached the nature of

means, exhibited it here in this great divine feet of the Lord,

practising what one preaches.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan